Apparatus for preparing combined cinematographic and phonographic records.



K. VON MADALER.

APPARATUS FOR PREPARING COMBINED CINEMATOGRAPHIC AND PHONOGRAPHIC RECORDS.

' APPLICATION FILED 061.14. 1911.

1,204,091. Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

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K. VON MADALER.

APPARATUS FOR PREPARING COMBINED CINEMATOGRAPHIC AND PHONOGRAPHIC RECORDS.

APPLICATION r1150 0c1.14.1911.

LZUQQQE Patented Nov. 7,1916.

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KATHARINA voN MADALER, or wnsr DRAYTON, nnGLAnD, ASSIGIN'OR T PROJECTO- PHON'E COMPANY INC., A

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

APPARATUQ FOR PREPARING COMBINED CINEMATOGRAPHIC AND PHONOGRAPHIC RECORDS.

v To all whom it may concern:

. Ihonographic Records, of which the follow- 0 mg is a specification.

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This invention relates to apparatus for preparing a record whereby to produce simultaneously the visibleand audible ele-' ments of anevent or series ofevents' in a manner successfully to create-the illusion of selvesl. It has'been proposed to do this by using the usual moving picture camera and a phonograph at the same time to form separate records of the visible and audible elements of the event .or scene to'be pro-- served or reproduced; and, in order to in sure synchronism in due order of the respective records, various complicated synchronizing means have been proposed to be used in the reproducing apparatus. This mode ofprocedure is open to certain obvious and particularly to the delicacy and uncertainty of all synchronizing means. I have invented a simple apparatus for producing the double illusion above mentioned without employing synchronizing apparatus during reproduction. At the a rigid synchronizing of the two" records, -which neverneeds adjustmnt and is alyv ays reliable. f

My invention-involves a variety of features, some of which are described and claimed in divisions of his application,

17,676, 17,677 and 17,678,' all filed'March 29th,]1915. In all of these the .end hadin view is to reproduce the desired views and soundsv from a single transparent or trans lucent film carrying the posltive photoa graphs in dueorderfof successive instantaneous phases of the desired visiblescene, to-

gether with the record on the same film of the corresponding audible elements thereof.

'Ij lh respective parts of the sound record occupy a uniform spacial relation with re- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 14, 1911.

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witnessing such actual event or events them disk S; and so in my applications Serial Numbers Patented Nov. "3, 1916. Serial No. 654,774.

- spect to the corresponding individual views,

whereby synchronism is preserved at all times.

The film itself as finally produced, and the ,method or process employed to produce it are set forth and claimed in certain other divisions of this application.

companying drawings which illustrate diagrammatically one embodiment of it, and in which:, a

, Figure 1 is a plan of part of an apparatus for reproducing thesound curves or grooves of a disk sound record onto the edge of a film. Fig. 2 is an elevation of same partly in section and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the apparatus as a whole.

The record S (shown as a disk record but not essentially such) is supposed to have een' made in the usual manner during occurrence of: the actual events or scenes to be reproduced; and the cinematograph or moving picture film A is the usual succession of 'positive photographs representing successive instantaneous phases of the visible elements of such events or scenes. These records having been prepared in any man- In order that the invention may be read lly understood reference is made to the ac nor, my invention involves the production of a rigidly synchronized record capable of use for reproduction by copying on the film i'tselfand preferably, as shown, on the edge of the samethe sound record on the i I placing (it that there shall be a substantially uniform spacial relation between each picture on the 'film and the corresponding part of the sound record. One method and" apparatus for this purpose is operated as follows: Referring to the drawings A represents a cinematograph film which is adapted'to be unwound from a spool or bobbin B onto another spool B. The film is carried over'a driving sprocket drum C'the spindle of which carries a wormwheel C that gears with a worm C on a driving shaft D driven by a motor E. The bobbin 5 is driven from the shaft D by means of a spiral spring belt F through the medium of a worm F on the shaft D, worm Wheel F pulley F and pulley B A speed governor G of well known construction is removably held in a holder O which is pivoted to the arm H at O. The upper portion of this holder is in the form of a yoke and has a platinum wire P stretched between the two arms thereof. This platinum wire is adapted to be heated. to a dull red heat by means of an electric current from a battery Q through the Wires Q. A volt meter 0 and an adjustable resistance R are introduced into the circuit for the purpose of maintaining a constant current in the circuit and consequently a uniform heat in the platinum wire P.

The needle N is adapted to rest in the sound groove of a disk record S which is carried by a turntable S. The turntable S is mounted on a vertical spindle S on which is a worm wheel S that gears with a worm T on a driving shaft T driven by amotor U. A governor G is provided on the shaft T to regulate or control the speed of the latter.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: Having placed the film in the position shown in Fig. 3 and the disk record on the turntable with the needle engaging the sound groove thereof, the motors E, U are set in motionand the current turned 'on in the circuit Q. The result will be that the film is moved past the wire P with its edge in contact therewith and the wire will vi-" brate in accordance with the sound grooves of the disk record. The arm H will travel toward the center, of the disk record in a similar manner to'that of the sound arm of a gramophone. It will therefore be seen that the wire P will burn or melt the edge of the film and therebyreproduce the sound curves of the disk record onto the edge of the-film.

The governors G G control the speed of the motors E, U, which are coupled together by a flexible shaft G so that the film A and the record S are driven at the same speed to produce a. sound record on" the film which will be in synchronism with the pictures on the latter.,

Itis the practice, when ordinary films are employed,- to cut out damaged pictures and join the ends of the film again without replacing the pictures, the defect thus sprodu ced bein hardly perceptible; This, however, woul not be possible if films having a sound record thereon are employed because any break in the sound record would be most objectionable. If therefore it becomes necessary to remove some of the pictures, on account of their damaged condition, those parts of the film that are removed must be replaced by new portions exactly similar to I the parts removed. In order tofacilitate,

in this manner, itmay be run through a suitable cinematographic display machine, while the edge is made to act upon a suitably placed phonographic reproducing apparatus. These features are shown, described and claimed in a division of the present appli-. cation (Serial No. 17 67 8) and need no further discussion here.

It is obvious that the copying may be carried out on both edges of the film if de-- sired. By this means a film record is produced by means of which the sound much increased without such a straining of a single diaphragm in a single reproducer as would tend to impair the quality of the tone produced.

My invention may be embodied'in a variety of apparatusor in modified methods and records, and I do not limit myself to the details herein shown and described.

What I claim is 1. Apparatus for ,phonographic record-from a master record, comprising in combination a wire suitably mounted with relation to said master record, means for heating said wireand-means for causing said ribbon to move past said wire with its edge in contact therewith.

2. Apparatus for copying upon a ribbon, a

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copying upon a ribbona ing appropriate longitudinal travel of said ribbon, a support thereforadapted to permit proper movement of said means to follow the line of undulations in said record,

a stylus suitably mounted, a wire so connected with said stylus as to vibrate with it, and means for electrically heating said wire.

I 3. The combination of means for supporting a ribbon, a soundrecord, a stylus in contact with the sound grooves in said record; va-pivotally mounted wire attached to said stylus, means for heating said wire, means for rotating said record and'means for moving said ribbon past said wire with an edge in contact therewith.

4. The combination of a flat phonograph record, a support adapted to swing over an parallel with it, ribbon carrying means mounted on said support, a vibratory wire also on said support and adapted to be vi brated by said phonograph record, means for driving said phonograph record, and means for moving the ribbon past said wire "and in contact therewith.

5. The combination of means a cinematograph film, a sound record,

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- a needle in contact with the sound grooves for supporton said record, a holder for said needle said In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my holder being pivotally mounted, a Wire suphand in the presence of the two subscribing ported by said holder, means for heating Witnesses.

said ire, means for rotating said record KATHARINA VON MADALER. 5 and means for moving said film past the Vitnessesr wire with an edge of the film in contact G. CRUESEMANN,

with said Wire. R. WESTACOTT. 

